Report from UN-GGIM: Europe A year in review Carol Agius UN-GGIM: Europe Joint UN-GGIM: Europe ESS meeting on the Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information March 2017
The aim of UN-GGIM: Europe The aim of UN-GGIM: Europe work is to ensure that the national mapping and cadastral authorities and national statistical institutes in the European UN Member States, the European Institutions and associated bodies work together to contribute to the more effective management and availability of geospatial information in Europe, and its integration with other information, based on user needs and requirements The intention of UN-GGIM: Europe is to build on the existing frameworks in Europe by: avoiding duplication of efforts; improving the joint response to user needs and requirements; encouraging geospatial data interoperability, harmonisation and sharing; optimising the overall management of geospatial information in Europe.
UN-GGIM Expert and Working Groups IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information EG: Integration of Statistical and Geospatial Information EG: Land Administration and Management WG: Global Geodetic Reference Frame (Sub-Committee) WG: Geospatial Information and Services for Disasters WG: Trends in National Institutional Arrangements WG: Fundamental Data Themes
UN-GGIM Thematic Groups Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS) a coalition recognised international organisations involved in the coordination, development, management, standardisation or regulation of geospatial information and related matters. concerns of the group included strengthening collaboration across the UN-GGIM architecture UN-GGIM Academic Network to capture and include the role and contributions of academia in global geospatial information management http://unggim.academicnetwork.org/ UN-GGIM Private Sector Network capture and include the role and contributions of the private sector in global geospatial information management
Global Coordination UN-GGIM Extended Bureau: UN-GGIM co-chairs, Chairs of the Regional committee, the Secretariat and leads of the UN-GGIM thematic networks Three UN-GGIM Extended Bureau meetings held over the course of the year. The focus of these meetings is to organise the work of the Committee globally and across the regions. Particular focus last year was given to the preparation for the Programme Review of the work of the Committee of Experts over the past five years. Now looking forward UN-GGIM 2.0, what happens next? Drafting UN-GGIM strategic framework 2017-2021
Programme Review of UN-GGIM In July 2016 ECOSOC adopted a draft resolution entitled Strengthening institutional arrangements on geospatial information management With this resolution the mandate of UN-GGIM is strengthened Committee is now well placed to contribute to: The 2030 Agenda The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, The Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Sixth Session of the Committee of Experts UN Headquarters in New York 1 5 August 300 delegates from 93 UN Member States, and 49 international organisations & observers 24 European UN Member states European Statistical and Geospatial Communities represented (Eurostat & EuroGeographics) 26 Side events during GGIM6 week UN-GGIM: Europe organised three side meetings
Executive Committee of UN-GGIM: Europe UN-GGIM: Europe is coordinated and managed by an Executive Committee of nine: one chair, two vicechairs and six members nominated and approved at Regional Plenary Meetings Held five times over the past 12 months: Work plan Regional working groups, Global agenda of Committee of Experts, Strengthen the integration of geospatial information with statistics Increase the cooperation with the wider geospatial community in Europe The Netherlands is responsible for the Secretariat to UN-GGIM: Europe, EuroGeographics provides the secretariat service by agreement with them.
3 rd Plenary Meeting UN-GGIM: Europe 5th October 2016 in Budapest, Hungary 101 delegates, from 31 countries and 10 observer organisations Global progress of UN-GGIM, progress of regional working groups, good practice of cooperation between NMCAs & NSIs Approved new Observer Organisations, new Executive Committee Member and work plan for 2017-2020
Regional working groups UN-GGIM: Europe has three regional working groups: Working A - Core Data identified the 14 core data themes as the most frequently required by SDG use cases Working Group B Data Integration reported on how evidence based decision making can benefit from geospatial information in combination with other information at regional, national and subnational levels, reflecting the UN and the European goals GRF-Europe build a close connection to the geodesyrelated organizations in Europe, and actively contribute to the work of the global GGRF Working Group
UN-GGIM: WG Fundamental Data The Experts Committee mandated UN-GGIM: Europe to establish and lead a Global Working Group on Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes. UN-GGIM: Europe ExCom acts as the steering group for WG Fundamental Data. The ExCom appointed the UK to lead UN-GGIM: WG Fundamental Data, UN-GGIM: Europe is the permanent secretariat to the Working Group. A working group established with 16 members from UN Member States and three from observer organisations, has drafted Terms of Reference Global consultations have been held at 3 international events, the UN-GGIM HLF in Addis Ababa, the GWF16 Conference in Rotterdam and GGIM6 in New York. An interim report on the progress submitted at GGIM6 WG Fundamental Data aims to finalise its work within 18 months for presentation at GGIM7 It is expected that the Working Group will produce a first draft of a Resolution on Global Fundamental Geospatial Data Themes for the consideration of the Committee of Experts with the possibility of taking this to the General Assembly.
Partnerships, Regional and International Collaboration 2 nd Joint UN-GGIM: Europe and ESS meeting in March 2016 provided forum for feedback on how geospatial and statistical experts can provide support to SDGs indicators UN-GGIM: Europe actively participated in the UN-GGIM Fourth High Level Forum at UNECA s Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in April 2016. UN-GGIM: Europe accepted an invitation from UN-GGIM: Arab states to participate in their the 4 th Regional Meeting Doha for 21-23 February, 2017. UN-GGIM: Europe has a continuous, engagement with the region s NSIs & NMCAs through active collaboration with EuroGeographics and Eurostat.
Publicity and Outreach: Activities 2016 64th Plenary Session of the Conference of European Statisticians, April, Paris, France Two UN-GGIM: Europe Workshops held at GWF 2016, May Rotterdam, the Netherlands 9th Regional Conference on Cadastre and Spatial Data Infrastructure, June, Opatija, Croatia ISPRS Congress, July, Prague, Czech Republic INSPIRE Conference, September, Barcelona Spain 1 st Expert Group Meeting of the IAEG-SDGs Working Group on Geospatial Information, December, Mexico
Observer organisations Engaging with the wider geospatial and statistical communities in Europe: Encourage a high level of active participation from the wider geospatial community Raise interest from observing bodies, relevant professional, research and academic organizations and associations Applications from GSDI & ConsultingWhere, received and accepted
Media and communication Press releases publicising regional and global UN-GGIM activities and achievements UN-GGIM: Europe Newsletter Website: http://un-ggim-europe.org/ Twitter account: @UNGGIMEurope #Powerofwhere
Priority Issues and Challenges The Executive Committee of UN-GGIM: Europe will focus on the following priority issues for the coming period: The Sustainable Development Goals Improved collaboration between the statistical and geospatial communities Global Fundamental Data Themes The continuation of the work of the Committee of Experts following the adoption of the resolution and UN-GGIM 2.0
Looking forward - Activities 2017 3 rd Joint ESS-UN-GGIM: Europe Meeting, 31 st March, Luxembourg Kunming Forum on UN-GGIM, 10 12 May Kunming, China 4 th Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe 7-8 th June, Brussels UN-GGIM7, 31 July 4 August, UNHQ, New York INSPIRE Conference, 4 8 September, Strasbourg/Kehl EFGS Conference, 2 3 November, Dublin UNECE Workshop on Statistical & Geospatial Standards, 6 8 November, Stockholm UN-GGIM High Level Forum, 28-30 Nov, Mexico